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Friday, May 3, 2013

PF18 Cosplay at NTU

Last weekend was time for Petite Frontier 18 at National Taiwan University. There was a bit of rain so attendance wasn't as good as my previous visits. But I still found some wonderful characters there.

All these shots were taken with a Canon 7D and Canon 15-55mm F2.8mm lens. The lighting was one Yongnuo YN-560II with a shoot through umbrella on camera right.

Karuta Roromiya (髏々宮 カルタRoromiya Karuta)

The assigned SS Agent to Kagerō, a Gashadokuro
(large skeleton made from the bone of people dead from starvation)
whose human form depicts her as a light brown haired (reddish pink in
the anime) teenage girl. Though she appears to be "zoned out" most of
the time, she's actually very clever, observant, and likes eating.
Karuta shows special feelings for Watanuki, who is her childhood friend.

Karuta Roromiya (髏々宮 カルタRoromiya Karuta))

Near the end of Part 1, she was attacked and possessed by enemy
youkai who began to use her for their own purposes. She asked Watanuki
to kill her, as she could never return to human form. Watanuki yelled to
her and told her that he would still be by her side, no matter if she
couldn't return to human form. Although she was so happy to hear these
sentiments, she was completely taken over by the enemy and was forced to
be killed sometime after the raid. In Part 2, she has been
reincarnated, and is currently 20-years old.

Adventure Time

Princess Bubblegum

Adventure Time is an American animated television series
created by Pendleton Ward for Cartoon Network. The series follows the
adventures of Finn (voiced by Jeremy Shada), a 14-year-old human boy, and his
best friend and adoptive brother Jake (voiced by John DiMaggio), a dog with
magical powers to change shape and grow and shrink at will. Finn and Jake live
in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo. Along the way, they interact with the
other main characters of the show: Princess Bubblegum (voiced by Hynden Walch),
The Ice King (voiced by Tom Kenny), and Marceline the Vampire Queen (voiced by Olivia
Olson).The series is based on a short produced for Frederator's Nicktoons Network
animation incubator series Random! Cartoons. After the short became a viral
hit on the internet, Cartoon Network picked it up for a full-length series that
previewed on March 11, 2010, and officially premiered on April 5, 2010. The
series, which is heavily inspired by the fantasy, role-playing game Dungeons
and Dragons as well as video games, is produced via hand-drawn animation.
Episodes are created through the process of storyboarding, and a sinAdventure
Time cast records their lines together in group recordings as opposed to
different recording sessions with each voice actor, and the series also
regularly employs guest actors and actresses for minor and recurring
characters.

Each Adventure Time episode is about eleven
minutes in length; pairs of episodes are often telecast in order to fill a
half-hour program time slot. Ever since its debut, Adventure Time
has been a ratings success for Cartoon Network. As of March 2012, the show is
viewed by approximately 2 to 3 million viewers per week. The show has received
positive reviews from critics and has developed a cult following among
teenagers and adults, many of whom are attracted due to the series' animation
and stories. Adventure Time has also been nominated for three Annie
Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Sundance Film Festival Award. In
2013, the series won a Motion Picture Sound Editors Award for the episode
"Card Wars". In addition, the series has also produced various
clothing and merchandise, video games, comic books, and DVD compilations.

Princess Bubblegum and Marceline

K-On! (けいおん!Keion!)

Azunyan from K-On with HTT concert Tshirt

K-On! (けいおん!Keion!) is a
Japanese four-panel comic strip seinen manga written and illustrated by Kakifly.
The manga was serialized in Houbunsha's seinen manga magazine Manga Time
Kirara between the May 2007 and October 2010 issues. It was also serialized
in Houbunsha's magazine Manga Time Kirara Carat. The manga relaunched
from April 2011 to June 2012 with two separate storylines published in Manga
Time Kirara and Manga Time Kirara Carat. The manga is licensed in
North America by Yen Press.
A 13-episode anime adaptation produced by Kyoto Animation aired in Japan
between April and June 2009. An additional original video animation (OVA)
episode was released in January 2010. A 26-episode second season, titled K-On!!
(with two exclamation marks), aired in Japan between April and September 2010,
with an OVA episode released in March 2011. Bandai Entertainment released the
first season in North America in 2011, while the second season has been
licensed by Sentai Filmworks. An anime film adaptation was released in Japan on
December 3, 2011. The title of the series comes from the Japanese word for light
music, keiongaku (軽音楽?),
which in the Japanese context is similar to pop music.

Azunyan from K-On with HTT concert Tshirt

Azusa Nakano(中野 梓Nakano Azusa) is a student in the same year and class as
Yui's sister Ui, who joins the light music club and becomes the rhythm
guitarist, playing a Fender Mustang electric guitar. She eventually names her
guitar Muttan, as it is a Mustang. She is a self-proclaimed novice guitarist
who has been playing the guitar since she was in the fourth grade, and her
parents are working in a jazz band.[34]
She often finds herself bewildered by the tea parties and cosplaying aspects of
the club, when she would rather just practice, and is curious about how the
club is able to play so well despite their problems and lack of practice.
However, she has a certain weakness for cakes and can be calmed down rather
easily, sometimes by just being petted. She is constantly a victim of Yui's
skinship and is nicknamed Azu-nyan after trying on a pair of cat ears and
meowing ("nyan" being the equivalent of "meow" in the
Japanese vocabulary). Despite this, Azusa is not too good with cats. Azusa has
long black hair, which she wears in pigtails, and brown eyes. While Azusa is
talented in guitar, she has trouble singing while playing unlike Yui and Mio.

In the band, she looks up to Mio the most due to
her maturity and the fact that she is an experienced bassist, even trying to
give Mio chocolate on Valentine's Day. However, she sometimes unintentionally
makes remarks concerning Mio's weaknesses, such as her weight. She also finds
Mugi very beautiful, and envies her hair and large eyes, and later starts
teaching her how to play guitar when the two are alone in the club room. Since
joining, Yui comes to her for advice on playing guitar, as well as maintenance.

Outside of the band, she often hangs out with Ui
and Jun whenever the other girls are busy. When the others graduate, she
becomes the new light music club president alongside Ui and Jun, who decide to
join her. Together with two new members, Sumire and Nao, they form a new band
called "Wakaba Girls" (若葉ガールズWakaba Gāruzu?, lit. Fresh Leaf Girls).
During the Wakaba Girls' first summer training camp Azusa reveals to Sawako her
belief that she is unable to act like a proper president for the light music
club; however, Sawako suggests that there is no proper way to define what it
means to be a president and that Azusa will do just fine. While on that same
training camp Azusa is convinced by the others to become the band's vocalist
despite her prior reservations on the issue.

Sakura Kinomoto (木之本さくらKinomoto Sakura)

SAKURA

木之本 櫻

Sakura Kinomoto (木之本さくらKinomoto Sakura) is a fictional character, the heroine
of Clamp's manga series Cardcaptor Sakura. In the English anime
adaptation of the series, Cardcaptors, her name is changed to Sakura
Avalon.

Sakura is a ten-year-old girl who lives in the town of Tomoeda in
Japan, where she attends Tomoeda Elementary School. An extremely
energetic and cheerful girl, she is very athletic, being a member of her
school's cheerleading squad and excellent at track-and-field
activities.
She lives with her father and older brother. Her mother died when she
was three years old. She has a close relationship with her father, whom
she adores. She never fails to greet her mother's picture in the
mornings. She often fights with her brother, who teases her, but she
truly cares about him. Sakura's smile is almost undefeatable and is what
draws people to her.
Sakura's optimistic and trustworthy character allows her to be
friendly with everybody, and the entire series focuses on the
friendships she creates with people, whether strangers, loose
acquaintances, or rivals. Her personality is a dominating factor in her
relationships, especially with Tomoyo.
One of Sakura's most notable traits is her "invincible spell", "Everything will be all right" (絶対大丈夫だよ"Zettai daijoubu dayo"?),
which has carried her through innumerable trials and obstacles as she
masters her magical skills. While she often comes across as naïve,
clumsy, and clueless, Sakura is known for her occasional moments of
insight and sensitivity towards the feelings of others. Sakura is so
innocent and naive that she fails to recognize Shaoran's feelings for
her and unintentionally gets into trouble. Despite this, she retains a
determined spirit and attachments to those she cares for.

Magic

SAKURA

木之本 櫻

SAKURA

木之本 櫻

Sakura's most sacred and important items are most likely her sealing
wand and cards, since they are her main weapons in magic. Throughout the
series, Sakura's magical powers get progressively stronger.
This is mostly verified by Cerberus at random points in the series, as
Sakura would otherwise appear to have equal expertise in each capture,
when she summons Clow Cards. Throughout the Clow Card arc, Cerberus's
comments seem to imply that Sakura's magic grows as she battles and
captures more Cards.
This is also implied in the corresponding anime. In contrast of this,
in the second half of the series we are reminded of Sakura’s
inexperience as she often collapses after transforming the cards.
However, as she grows progressively proficient in changing Clow Cards
into Sakura Cards, she becomes less tired and more aware of Clow Reed's
presence. She also remembers more details about her prophetic dreams.
During the last of Eriol's trials, she is able to transform several cards at once.
This sequence of events during the second arc is more or less true in
the anime version of the series as well, with only a few changes made.
The most obvious of these is that Yue (a character who, in the original
version of the series is shown as becoming much closer to Sakura
throughout Eriol’s trials to the point of accepting her at least as a
valued friend)
is shown throwing her a constant stream of criticism as a reminder of
Sakura’s lack of experience. Another interesting change made in the
anime variation is that, by end of the series, she subconsciously
manages to create a new Card, the nameless card (which later becomes the
Hope Card), which would later serve as a major plot point for the
second movie.
After the Final Judgement, Clow Reed tells her that her magic is not
drawn from the sun nor from the moon, but from her own star, which may
start small, but is ever-shining with its own brilliant light. However,
like Clow Reed's magic, Sakura's is a balance of sun and moon magic.
Eriol gave half of his powers to Sakura's father, the other half of
Clow's incarnation. This made Sakura the most powerful magician in the
world, even surpassing her predecessor Clow Reed.